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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1978
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Kent killings noted
United Press International
KENT, Ohio — A small group
of students and faculty members
gathered Thursday on the Kent
State University Commons in
unseasonably cool and windy
weather to begin ceremonies
marking the eighth anniversary
of the killing of four students by
National Guard troops.
About 220 students and 75
faculty members attended the
beginning of the commemoration
for the four students and nine
others who were wounded when
National Guard troops opened
fire on a group of anti-war dem
onstrators on May 4, 1970.
Many factors alter consumption
Aggies not top beer drinkers
Store stuffl
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Coors, Lone Star, Schlitz, Bud-
weiser. Miller, Michelob, Pearl,
Old Milwaukee, Shiner, Andeker,
Falstaff, Pabst, Olympia, etc.,
etc...by the can, cup and keg hun
dreds of gallons of beer are sold in
Brazos County every week. But
contrary to an old Aggie myth,
Brazos County is not the beer drink
ing capital of Texas.
Beer distributors in Bryan and
College Station say they do a good
business. Many attribute much of
their success to beer-drinking Ag
gies. But Bill Lawrence, assistant
supervisor in Brazos County for the
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commis
sion, said there are several counties
in Texas with more per capita guzzl
ing than Brazos.
According to the Wholesale Beer
Distributors of Texas report for
1976-77, more than 24 million 12-
ounce cans of beer were sold in
Bryan-College Station in 1977. But
almost three times that many were
sold in Longview in Gregg County.
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IT-201/208 New York State Income Tax
Resident Return
1977
NY State Department
ot Taxation and Finance
With New York City Personal Income Tax &
Nonresident Earnings Tax
Page 1
Or Fiscal Year Ended 1978
First name and initial (if lomt or combined return, enter both) Last name
JoHKl mA JAiOE Dog
Home address (number and street or rurai route)
1234 KAa&uSp^ AvcNPE
Apt. No.
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City, village, post office and state y ZIP code
kJew York., kIeW YoRK\0004
ZIP code
Your social security number
236 I 23 1873^
Spouse's social security number
294 IZ& 19(64
Occupation
SALESMAN
Occupation
TELLER-
(A) Bh Married filing joint Return
(1)0 Single (Check only ONE box)
(2) 0 Qualifying Widow(er) with dependent child (5) Q'Married filing separately on one Return
(3) 0 Unmarried Head of Household (6) O Married tiling separate Returns (on separate Forms)
School district in which you reside—See instructions
Name Code
K.ENHAQRF I
Taxpayer s NY State county of residence
Manhattan!
B) Change of State Residence—If you were a New York State resident for only part of the year, enter the
number of months of residence in the box and attach Schedule CR-60.1 (see instructions page 14)
If filing status (5) above is checked, use Column A for husband and
Column B for wife. Al! others use only Column A.
Federal,
1 TOtal Income (from page 2, Schedule A, line 16)
Column A
2 Additions (explain on page 2 in Schedule C)
3 Line 1 plus line 2
4 Subtractions (explain on page 2 in Schedule C)
5 Total New York Income (line 3 less line 4)
16,500
16, Sfrp
6 NY Deduction |
check one box
and
enter amount
[Standard Deduction —15% of line 5. but
! not more than $2000 (Married filing separately
total lor both may not exceed $2000).
See instructions page 12 for minimum allowed.
7 Line 5 less line 6
8 Exemptions: Column A—Enter number claimed
9 New York taxable income (line 7 less line 8)
10 State Tax on amount on line 9^0^
11 Stat
12 Lin
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20 State Tax Withheld
21 State Estimated Tax
22 City Tax Withheld
23 City Estimated Tax,
24 Total (add lines
a) Enter line 24
25 If line 19 is
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Dolph Briscoe For Texas
Pd. Pol. Ad. by Brazos County Briscoe Committee, Charles McDaniel,
Chairman, Box 4246, Bryan, Tx. 77801
beer consumed? In Brazos County,
it’s up to the seasons. The mainstays
of local beer distributors are hot
weather and football weekends.
Dianne Hayes of the local Coors
franchise said most of their business
is based on Texas A&M University.
Business is best in the fall when stu
dents return to school and in the
“Were hoping to get
this business down even
more to a science. ” Daily
and monthly sales re
ports, annual totals,
even daily weather re
ports are logged and
filed for reference.
spring before graduation. Several
distributors echoed this tie to the
University’s schedule.
“When the Aggies are out of
town, it’s pretty slow,” said Carl
Schaffhauser, owner of Schaffhauser
Distributing Co. in College Station.
Les Morello of the G. F. Sousares
Distributing Co. in Bryan was one
of the few distributors who said his
business was not heavily influenced
by students. Schlitz and Old Mil
waukee, two Sousares brands, con
stitute about one-half of all beer
sales in Brazos County.
Morello said the biggest Schlitz
and Old Milwaukee customer is the
blue collar worker. Like all the dis
tributors, Morelle said he is aware
of what his customer buys, where he
buys and when he buys.
“Were hoping to get this busi
ness down even more to a science,’
Morello said. The Sousares com
pany already keeps extensive rec
ords on its sales. Daily and monthly
sales reports, annual totals, even
daily weather reports are logged and
filed for reference.
Morello said the records help ex
plain fluctuations in sales. He ex
plained that a recent three-day rainy
spell cut monthly sales by 5 percent.
All the distributors said the first
week of each month is the best for
sales. January and February are the
worst months.
The beer business is a very com
petitive game. Distributors keep
constant tabs on their competitor’s
sales. The compare customers and
ads. And they’re not above knocking
the competitor’s product. They all
believe they sell the best beer on
the market.
Schaffhauser said the American
consumer is generally very unin
formed about the beer industry.
“They do what the boob tube tells
them,” he said.
Morello keeps a picture album
that illustrates this competitive
theme. The photographs show how
beer signs are used to market the
product and bump the competition.
Distributors try to
overpower their com
petitor s signs with their
own by hanging larger,
more colorful ones in
strategic places in bars
and stores.
Distributors try to overpower their
competitors’ signs with their own by
hanging larger, more colorful ones
in strategic places in bars and stores.
They even try persuading the own
ers to completely remove the com
petitive sign.
The competition doesn t stop at
signs. Every distributor likes free
advertising, so a myriad of beer-
backed products are on sale at each
warehouse. Baseball caps, can
openers, trash cans, t-shirts, halter
tops, straw hats, cigarette
the list is endless.
The distributors agreed that sj|
cial promotions, like the recel
Coors 200 Indy car race; have lit!
effect on local beer sales. Suchpn
motions are handled by the brew
and only local advertising is mm.)
aged by the distributor.
The Coors distributorship isfairli|
new to this area. It opened aboif
two years ago. Dianne Hayes ij
Coors Central Inc. said the i
pany is still in the process ofleve||
out its sales. She explained I
the first few months sales weretj
tremely high, partly because!
brand was new in the area;
partly because of what she calls!
“Coors mystique.”
Schaffhauser said there haveb
some significant changes in be#
drinking habits in recent years.]
said about 70 percent of today sIm I
is sold for home consumptim
Thirty percent is sold in bars. Afct
years ago these figures werep
versed he said.
All the local distributors saidfcl
largest sales were to retail store!
Schaffhauser added that
northern states beer consumptiol
often increases in the winter, will
people staying inside bars
home to drink.
Prices for 16-gallon kegs ranf
from about $25 to $31. This is!
cheapest way to buy beer. The a
ings from buying in kegs variesfror _
33 percent to almost 50 percent! T
pending on the brand. But
carbon dioxide is used with their
pump, the beer will last only ale
days before going flat.
Flat or frothy, every weeka.„,_^
beer is downed in Brazos Coiinti 'l 4
the brand and place of purchase"
depend on individual tastes,!
most of the results are tl
same...full stomachs, smilingfailt^g^
happier, richer beer 111
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Chemical harmful to pot smokers
labeled safe for use on sugar canj
United Press International
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. —
The poisonous chemical paraquat,
which can cause lung damage to
smokers of Mexican marijuana, is
widely used in U.S. forming, includ
ing the harvesting of sugar cane, it
was reported Thursday.
Agriculture officials were quick to
emphasize the use of paraquat pres
ents no dangers for consumers of
sugar produced in Florida or Texas.
ELECT
TOMMY
JANIK
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levis
Fric
YOUR
FULL TIME - COUNTY JUDGE
May 6th Primary
Your Vote is Important
for
Honest, Reliable, Responsive
Brazos County Government.
Paid for by Tommy Janik Campaign Fund, Eddie Binford and Bob Griffin, Co-Chairmen, Box
2806, Bryan, Texas 77801.
‘‘I haven’t heard of anyone ilF? 111
smoking sugar cane leaves,” sR e .
George Wedgeworth, presidenlii . r ' c
the Florida Sugar Cane League !; '
Wedgeworth said crop duk™ es (
planes have been spraying paraqi
on Florida and Texas sugai e»
crops as a harvest aid for about .
years. He said its use has keenlQ 105 ^
ited, estimating that less than if 311 ^
percent of Florida’s 300,000 aereF^d
sugar cane are treated with paraqii Fri<
each year. tBiace
The defoliant withers grtfjpm
growth and, in the case of siitWgh p
cane, aids the burning of wet fiel|n bo
of cane just prior to the harvesting $1C
cane stalks. Be fc
‘‘The Environmental Proteclii
Agency licensed paraquat as a si
non-hazardous chemical for use
certain crops at least five years
only after extensive testinil
Wedgeworth said. “ai a
Dr. Joseph Orsenigo, research Bach
rector for the Florida Sugar' Cis I yeai
League, said no traces of paraqit isura
ever have been found in tests of® gpes
sugar from fields sprayed with! Spt
herbicide. pdy
HEW has issued warnings ahoi lid.'
the dangers of smoking paraqoi ons
treated marijuana. Bunc
But the Center for Disease Csjavaila
trol in Atlanta reported it hastjeratic
documented any cases of lungclwritir
ease related to paraquat. Ma
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